Translations: the word in the other languages
  • Afrikaans: skaam
  • Amharic: አሁን
  • Arabic: خجولة
  • Azerbaijani: utancaq
  • Bashkir: заседании
  • Belarusian: сарамлівы
  • Bulgarian: срамежлив
  • Bengali: লাজুক
  • Bosnian: stidljiva
  • Catalan: tímid
  • Cebuano: shy
  • Czech: plachý
  • Welsh: swil
  • Danish: genert
  • German: schüchtern
  • Greek: ντροπαλός
  • Esperanto: timema
  • Spanish: tímido
  • Estonian: häbelik
  • Basque: lotsati
  • Persian: خجالتی
  • Finnish: ujo
  • French: timide
  • Irish: cúthail
  • Scottish Gaelic: shy
  • Galician: tímido
  • Gujarati: શરમાળ
  • Hebrew: ביישן
  • Hindi: शर्मिला
  • Croatian: sramežljivi
  • Haitian: timid
  • Hungarian: félénk
  • Armenian: ամաչկոտ
  • Indonesian: malu
  • Icelandic: feiminn
  • Italian: timido
  • Japanese: shy
  • Javanese: isin
  • Georgian: ერიდება
  • Kazakh: ұялшақ
  • Khmer: ខ្មាស់អៀន
  • Kannada: ನಾಚಿಕೆ
  • Korean: 수줍어
  • Kyrgyz: застенчивый
  • Latin: fugax
  • Luxembourgish: schei
  • Lao: ຂີ້ອາຍ
  • Lithuanian: drovus
  • Latvian: kautrīgs
  • Malagasy: saro-kenatra
  • Mari: вожылшан
  • Maori: whakamā
  • Macedonian: срамежлив
  • Malayalam: ലജ്ജ
  • Mongolian: ичимхий
  • Marathi: लाजाळू
  • Hill Mari: шеклӓнӹдеок
  • Malay: malu
  • Maltese: taqbadhom
  • Burmese: ရှက်
  • Nepali: शर्म
  • Dutch: verlegen
  • Norwegian: sjenert
  • Punjabi: ਸ਼ਰਮੀਲੀ
  • Papiamento: tímido
  • Polish: nieśmiały
  • Portuguese: tímido
  • Romanian: timid
  • Russian: застенчивый
  • Sinhalese: ලැජ්ජයි
  • Slovak: plachý
  • Slovenian: sramežljiv
  • Albanian: i trembur
  • Serbian: стидљив
  • Sundanese: malu
  • Swedish: blyg
  • Swahili: aibu
  • Tamil: வெட்கப்படவில்லை
  • Telugu: పిరికి
  • Tajik: шарм доранд
  • Thai: ขี้อาย
  • Tagalog: mahiya
  • Turkish: utangaç
  • Tatar: застенчивый
  • Udmurt: кепырась
  • Ukrainian: соромливий
  • Urdu: شرم
  • Uzbek: shy
  • Vietnamese: nhút nhát
  • Xhosa: ukuba neentloni
  • Yiddish: שעמעוודיק
  • Chinese: 害羞的

Synonyms, close and similar words for shy

  • tremulous
  • bashful
  • timid
  • blushing
  • shamefaced
  • timorous
  • retiring
  • diffident
  • embarrassing
  • sheepish
  • mousy
  • fainthearted
  • demure
  • modest
  • fearful
  • skittish
  • be frightened
  • jittery
  • scary
  • coy
  • humble
  • turn aside
  • shy away
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